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Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty When Life Feels Too Busy for Friendship
You know that’s the case when you find yourself feeling the “post-rescheduling thrill.”
Alec Soth / Magnum A New Level of Incoherence From Trump
His answer to a specific policy question yesterday made absolutely no sense.
David Dee Delgado / AFP / Getty Religious Education and the Meaning of Life
Figuring out what it’s all about is humanity’s most important shared project. Does religion have a role to play?
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty The Parent-Child Relationship in the College Years
Many parents stay enmeshed in their children’s emotional life in college, for better or worse.
Brian Ray / AP What Happens When You Pay Attention to Food
It’s a cliché to say that food is about much more than eating—it’s about connection, family, experience—but our busy lives make it easy to forget that.
Yuriy Golub / Shutterstock An Atlantic Reading List on Modern Dating
Dating decisions are about determining what you really need in order to be happy.
Illustration by Ben Hickey The Psychology of Money
An Atlantic reading list on the tricky links between our money and our mind
Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Sports Stories for the Sports-Averse
A collection of Atlantic articles on what makes athleticism a deeply human endeavor
Image Source / Getty The Curse of Perfectionism
Perfectionists find themselves trying to be the best, even at things for which the concept is inapplicable.
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